This webpage is for Grand Openings Return of the Blogs, July 20 - August 1, 2011, at MoMA. For a daily update, please revisit this page, as well as the information monitor and wall calendar in The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floor of MoMA. Some performances occur in other places of the Museum. Please stop by the Atrium upon your arrival to find out where Grand Openings is performing.

MOMs at MoMA
Café by the Ruins Tour
Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 3:00 p.m., The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floor
Some parts of this event will be at The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture GardenMothers of Grand Openings members initiate the return of Grand Openings to New York. Meanafter, Amy Lien and Enzo Camacho will lead us a tour of MoMA with Grand Oepnings.

Mushroom Thursday
Thursday, July 21, 2011, 3:00 p.m., The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floorWe don't know what you will see on this day's event.

Georgia Sagri's Live Portfolio
Saturday, July 23, 2011, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floorGeorgia Sagri makes a live mix-tape of performance pieces she has presented in NY from 2007-2011. Invited by Sagri, a group of friends develop a code ouji demonstration while her brother and activist Tasos Sagris will be answering questions about the current uprising in Greece, addressed by everyone present.

Grand Openings' "Challenging Mud" as Archive
Saturday, July 23, 2011, 6:00 p.m., The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture GardenWhat is an archive? What is archiving? Is MoMA an archive? A burial? So many questions.

The Marriage of Stefan Tcherepnin (Rehearsal)
Opera by Emily & Joe, prelude
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
Some part of this event will be at The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floorEvery marriage needs a rehearsal.

The Calendar of The Dead Performance
Totem Pole Calendar
Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 3:00 p.m., The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floorGrand Openings with Sen Uesaki and Daishiro Mori engages various forms of calendar. MoMA's curatorial team C MAP might be a big help for Grand Openings to complete this sequence.

Formal Dress Day
Wednesday, July 27, 2011, all day, throughout the MuseumFor this event, please come to MoMA in your most formal and glamorous attire.

A Screensaver by Sam Lewitt
Thursday, July 28, 2011, all day, The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floorA screensaver.

The Marriage of Stefan Tcherepnin
Opera by Emily & Joe, Act I
Sunday, July 31, 2011, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
Some part of this event will be at The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floorActivation of sand painting, release of pure energy from within mandala (in each of us). There will be a balloon arch.